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Filtering by: Committee Member Lillie, R. J. Subject Thrust faults (Geology) -- Nevada -- Mormon Mountains Wilderness

Structure of the southern Mormon Mountains, Clark County, Nevada and regional structural synthesis : fold-thrust and basin-range structure in southern Nevada, southwest Utah, and northwest Arizona

Creator:

Carpenter, James Anthony

Abstract:

Detailed geologic mapping in the Mormon Mountains and new geophysical data provide significant insight into contractional and extensional tectonics in southern Nevada, southwest Utah, and northwest Arizona. The rocks in the region were complexly deformed during two distinct tectonic episodes. Numerous interrelated events occurred within each episode. The first tectonic...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis